1771 Makover

1771 Makover
Discovery [1]
Discovered by L. Chernykh
Discovery site CrAO - Nauchnyj
Discovery date 24 January 1968
Designations
MPC designation 1771 Makover
Named after
 Samuel Makover
(astronomer)[2]
1968 BD · 1937 LM
1938 QJ · 1941 FH
1950 XW · 1952 FU
1958 HF · 1961 XV
1966 UC
main-belt · (outer) [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 77.25 yr (28216 days)
Aphelion 3.6723 AU (549.37 Gm)
Perihelion 2.5741 AU (385.08 Gm)
3.1232 AU (467.22 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.17581
5.52 yr (2016.1 d)
311.77°
0° 10m 42.852s / day
Inclination 11.248°
86.343°
316.74°
Earth MOID 1.59617 AU (238.784 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 1.75856 AU (263.077 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.162
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 56.72 km
63.59±19.06 km[4]
51.202±0.294 km[5]
56.63 km (derived)[3]
Mean radius
 28.36 ± 0.6 km
11.26 h (0.469 d)[1][6]
0.0501
0.025±0.019[4]
0.0614±0.0097[5]
0.0418 (derived)[3]
0.0501 ± 0.002[1]
C [3]
10.4

    1771 Makover, provisional designation 1968 BD, is a dark, carbonaceous asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, about 57 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Russian astronomer Lyudmila Chernykh at Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj on 24 January 1968.[7]

    The C-type asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.6–3.7 AU once every five and a half years (2,016 days). Its orbit shows an eccentricity of 0.18 and is tilted by 11 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic.[1] It has a rotation period of 11.3 hours[6] and an albedo of about 0.04 according to results from Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer and NEOWISE missions.[4][5]

    The minor planet was named in honor of Russian astronomer Samuel Gdalevich Makover (1908–1970), who studied extensively the orbit of Encke's Comet (referred to as Comet Encke-Backlund in Russia), and pioneered in the use of electronic calculators for computing planetary perturbations and orbit improvements. He was head of the Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics's department of minor planets and comets, and editor of the annual volume of Minor Planet Ephemerides. He was also a vice-president of IAU's commission 20, Positions & Motions of Minor Planets, Comets & Satellites, in the 1960s.[2]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 5 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1771 Makover (1968 BD)" (2015-10-16 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1771) Makover. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 141. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
    3. 1 2 3 4 "LCDB Data for (1771) Makover". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 17 November 2015.
    4. 1 2 3 Masiero, Joseph R.; Mainzer, A. K.; Grav, T.; Bauer, J. M.; Cutri, R. M.; Nugent, C.; Cabrera, M. S. (November 2012). "Preliminary Analysis of WISE/NEOWISE 3-Band Cryogenic and Post-cryogenic Observations of Main Belt Asteroids". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 759 (1): 5. arXiv:1209.5794Freely accessible. Bibcode:2012ApJ...759L...8M. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/759/1/L8. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
    5. 1 2 3 Mainzer, A.; Grav, T.; Masiero, J.; Hand, E.; Bauer, J.; Tholen, D.; et al. (November 2011). "NEOWISE Studies of Spectrophotometrically Classified Asteroids: Preliminary Results". The Astrophysical Journal. 741 (2): 25. arXiv:1109.6407Freely accessible. Bibcode:2011ApJ...741...90M. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/90. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
    6. 1 2 Ferrero, Andrea (April 2012). "Lightcurve Determination at the Bigmuskie Observatory from 2011 July-December". The Minor Planet Bulletin. 39 (2): 65–67. Bibcode:2012MPBu...39...65F. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
    7. ↑ "1771 Makover (1968 BD)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 17 November 2015.

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